U-20 Africa Cup of Nations

U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
The U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, known for short as the U-20 AFCON and for sponsorship purposes as TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, previously known as the African Youth Championship and the African U-20 Championship, is the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CAF for its nations consisting of players under the age of 20. It serves as an African qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
History
In 1979, FIFA created a world championship for upcoming footballers, causing CAF to install a home-and-away qualification tournament for African nations called the African Youth Championship which also crowned the tournament's champions. In 1991, CAF upgraded the tournament into a full-scale tournament contested by 8 in a chosen host nation.
CAF changed the name of this competition to the African U-20 Championship for the 2011 edition so as to distinguish it from the U-17 competition. On 6 August 2015, the CAF Executive Committee decided to change the tournament's name to the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in line with the flagship Africa Cup of Nations tournament. However, the name on the official competition logo after 2015 reads as the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
On 21 July 2016, French energy and petroleum giant, Total S.A., renamed TotalEnergies on 28 May 2021, secured an 8-year sponsorship package from CAF to support its competitions.
Since the 2021 edition, the tournament has been contested by 12 teams.
Tournament summary
African Youth Championship (Qualification)
African Youth Championship (Host)
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|1991
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|2–1
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|2–0
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|9
|1993
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|2–0
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|3–0
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|10
|1995
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|4–0
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|1–0
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|11
|1997
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|1–0
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|2–0
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|12
|1999
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|1–0
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|2–1
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|13
|2001
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|2–0
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|2–0
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|14
|2003
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|4–3
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|1–1
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|15
|2005|align=left|
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|2–0
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|1–1
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|16
|2007
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|1–0
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|3–1
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|17
|2009
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|2–0
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|2–1
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African U-20 Championship
U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
Performance by nation
* = As hostsParticipating nations
Legend
– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
– Semi-finals
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
PR – Preliminary round
1R – First round
2R – Second round
q – Qualified
— Hosts
× – Did not enter
• – Did not qualify
× – Withdrew before qualification
— Withdrew after qualification
— Disqualified after qualification
Participating nations by year of debut
Participating nations by Debut (Until 1989, counted Round 1, after 1991 counting Final 16)
Before 1989
1979:
1981:
1983: ,
1985: ,
1987:
1989:
After 1991
1991: (hosts),
1993: , (hosts)
1995:
1997: ,
1999: ,
2003: ,
2005: , (hosts)
2007: , (hosts)
2009: (hosts)
2011: No new team2013: ,
2015: No new team2017: No new team''
2019: (hosts)
2021: , (hosts) ,
2023:
Player awards
FIFA U-20 World Cup performances
Legend
1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R2 – Round 2
R1 – Round 1
– Hosts
q – Qualified for upcoming edition
See also
Africa Cup of Nations
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
FIFA U-20 World Cup
References
External links
Tournament records and statistics at RSSSF
Confederation of African Football competitions for national teams
Under-20 association football competitions